"I still believe he is a great player and you don’t want to see him struggle. It reminds me of Fernando Torres and Andriy Shevchenko’s stints at Chelsea.

"He doesn’t look like he’s enjoying his football and he doesn’t look like he’s a fan of the manager. Van Gaal might be better off not playing him.

"Falcao made a terrible footballing decision to go to Monaco, then was unlucky with his cruciate injury.

"It is so hard to come back to the top level from an injury like that but there is a fine line between losing your pace and losing your confidence — look how well Torres is now doing at Atletico Madrid."